The AI Con: In Conversation with Professor Emily M. Bender

Will new technology help to make the world a better place, or is AI just another tech bubble that will benefit the few?

By Cambridge Language Sciences

Date and time

Location

Computer Laboratory

15 JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0FD United Kingdom

About this event

Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

Is AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to replace all our jobs? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything?

Join us for an exclusive event hosted by Cambridge Language Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Centre, featuring one of the world's best-known AI insiders-turned-critics, University of Washington's Professor Emily M. Bender. Professor Bender is co-author of The AI Con and featured in TIME100's inaugural list of the most influential people in AI in 2023. She will share insights from her latest book, explaining how the hype around these technologies is impacting our jobs, health, society and the environment.

Emily will be in conversation with Dr Guy Emerson, Departmental Early Career Academic Fellow and Co-Director of the Cambridge Language Sciences IRC.

Event Schedule

From 17:30 onwards - Arrival

18:00–18:30: Interview with Professor Emily M. Bender

18:30–19:00: Audience Q&A

19:00–19:30: Drinks reception

Image credit: Diversity Fund / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Cambridge Language Sciences

Cambridge Language Sciences is an Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Cambridge. Our virtual network connects researchers from five schools across the university as well as other world-leading research institutions. Our aim is to strengthen research collaborations and knowledge transfer across disciplines in order to address large-scale multi-disciplinary research challenges relating to language research.

For questions or further information about Cambridge Language Sciences or this event, please email Jane Walsh (Research Development Manager) or Jane Durkin (Communications Manager / Project Coordinator) at contact@languagesciences.cam.ac.uk or visit www.languagesciences.cam.ac.uk.

FreeJul 16 · 18:00 GMT+1